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Article: I sweated blood to go to war with Ewan McGregor; Says ex-Corrie star Matthew Marsden.(Features)
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- Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland)
- Article date:
- August 12, 2001
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Byline: SHARON FEINSTEIN EXCLUSIVE
HUNKY former Corrie star Matthew Marsden pushed himself to the limit in a boot camp to star alongside Ewan McGregor in his Hollywood debut.
Matthew - who shot to fame as mechanic Chris Collins in the Street - was put through his paces by tough army instructors to play a US special agent in Ridley Scott's new movie Black Hawk Down.
The gruelling regime at Fort Benning, Georgia, included dawn training runs, strength-sapping assault courses and firearms drill.
He said: "The camp was very tough... training ...